r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Dexter_Naman • 3d ago

Rare Devil Sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/RecipeHistorical2013 2d ago

you gotta realize, the NA "natives" didnt have a written language.

humanity is where it is now as we can pass info to the next generation, compiling data over the generations

much harder to do that if your "knowledge" person dies and its all or mostly lost

same in sub saharan africa. its why (IN MY OPINION) they never left the stone age

then look at south americans, they had a written language, and also were at roman-levels of technology (aquaducts, some medicine, advanced maths) etc.

written word is why we have airplanes and satelites

same with egypt, its a pretty obvious causation link

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u/SpottedWobbegong 2d ago

Writing is important but many non writing cultures have complex oral histories sometimes going back hundreds of years so it's not like knowledge is lost.

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u/RecipeHistorical2013 2d ago

while thats well and good, have you ever heard of the children's game "telephone"?

and yah that knowledge is very much lost when one tribe genocides another, which happened a lot